This was the toughest round to choose yet, but the Elite Eight of March Baldness is here. Advance through the gallery for the matchups that will determine the Final Four.

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This was the toughest round to choose yet, but the Elite Eight of March Baldness is here. Advance through the gallery for the matchups that will determine the Final Four.

This was the toughest round to choose yet, but the Elite Eight of...March Baldness is here. Advance through the gallery for the matchups...that will determine the Final Four.

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This was the toughest round to choose yet, but the Elite Eight of March Baldness is here. Advance through the gallery for the matchups that will determine the Final Four.

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This was the toughest round to choose yet, but the Elite Eight of March Baldness is here. Advance through the gallery for the matchups that will determine the Final Four.

This was the toughest round to choose yet, but the Elite Eight of...March Baldness is here. Advance through the gallery for the matchups...that will determine the Final Four.

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JOE SATRIANI vs. WILLIE BROWN: Guitar deity Satriani emerges after a surprisingly tough battle with popular SFPD chief Greg Suhr. If Willie Brown wins, look for a few March Baldness ballot box tops to show up floating in the bay.

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JOE SATRIANI vs. WILLIE BROWN: Guitar deity Satriani emerges after a surprisingly tough battle with popular SFPD chief Greg Suhr. If Willie Brown wins, look for a few March Baldness ballot box tops to show up floating in the bay.

JOE SATRIANI vs. WILLIE BROWN: Guitar deity Satriani emerges after a...surprisingly tough battle with popular SFPD chief Greg Suhr. If Willie...Brown wins, look for a few March Baldness ballot box tops to show up...floating in the bay.

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TOO $HORT vs. DREW REMENDA: Remenda was set to lose to Tom Tolbert, but his pro-Sharks mini-tirade against Ray Ratto on Comcast SportsNet Bay Area put him over the top. Too $hort scored one of the biggest upsets over MC Hammer.

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TOO $HORT vs. DREW REMENDA: Remenda was set to lose to Tom Tolbert, but his pro-Sharks mini-tirade against Ray Ratto on Comcast SportsNet Bay Area put him over the top. Too $hort scored one of the biggest upsets over MC Hammer.

TOO $HORT vs. DREW REMENDA: Remenda was set to lose to Tom Tolbert,...but his pro-Sharks mini-tirade against Ray Ratto on Comcast SportsNet...Bay Area put him over the top. Too $hort scored one of the biggest...upsets over MC Hammer.

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JERRY BROWN vs. VINNIE HASSON: Fan support drives radio personality Vinnie Hasson past Cinderella story Delroy Lindo. But now he faces Jerry Brown, a March Baldness juggernaut who has been blowing away opponents.

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JERRY BROWN vs. VINNIE HASSON: Fan support drives radio personality Vinnie Hasson past Cinderella story Delroy Lindo. But now he faces Jerry Brown, a March Baldness juggernaut who has been blowing away opponents.

JERRY BROWN vs. VINNIE HASSON: Fan support drives radio personality...Vinnie Hasson past Cinderella story Delroy Lindo. But now he faces...Jerry Brown, a March Baldness juggernaut who has been blowing away...opponents.

After reading your comments, listening to the extended dance mix version of “Too Legit 2 Quit” and conferring with the selection committee for six hours in the Excelsior Room at the Hilton Hotel in Newark, Calif., the final eight competitors in March Baldness are below.

If you’re just discovering this, you’ve stumbled into March Baldness, a bracket to determine The Greatest Bald Man in the Bay Area. Everything is explained here. You can check out the above gallery for more details. The Elite Eight matchups are as follows. (Original seedings in parenthesis.)

* Tolbert was about to win, but Remenda came back at the last minute on the strength of his verbal takedown of Ray Ratto on Comcast SportsNet Bay Area.

* There was some complaint on Facebook from fans who didn’t know where to vote. Actual polling doesn’t start until the Final Four — you’re basically acting as lobbyists in the earlier rounds. Voice your support in the comments below, on Facebook or Twitter and our selection committee will take it into account.

* If you’re coming in to lobby for one candidate, please take a look at the other matchups and vote for those as well.

* Thanks to everyone who has participated, retweeted, etc. I’m looking forward to wrapping this up next week and returning to some real journalism again.

PETER HARTLAUB is the pop culture critic at the San Francisco Chronicle and founder/editor of The Big Event. He takes requests. Contact him at phartlaub@sfchronicle.com. Follow him on Twitter @peterhartlaub. Follow The Big Event on Facebook.